{
 "answer": "In the City of Melville, Saskatchewan, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Livestock Bylaw - No. 03 2016, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: No person shall keep any livestock within the limits of the City of Melville except the following areas.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000761",
 "municipality": "Melville",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://melville.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Livestock Bylaw - No. 03 2016",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-04-05",
   "document_url": "https://melville.ca/uploads/dm/75892/LivestockBylaw032016_G9TWJU.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping livestock, poultry, bees and fur-bearing animals within Melville city limits except in four designated outlying areas (south of the CN mainline, Agri Park, Hwy 15 areas).",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "4c760860ffa7a0738a9f2ccb917c65e82c49bf0f624f2a6c22172f80bcd373b6",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "discovered_by": "newcat-relabel",
   "relabelled_from": "animal_control",
   "document_number": "03",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4c760860ffa7a0738a9f2ccb917c65e82c49bf0f624f2a6c22172f80bcd373b6.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "bees_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep any livestock within the limits of the City of Melville except the following areas."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 1(b), s. 2(a)",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 2(a)",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 2(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/melville/backyard-hens/bylaw-03/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/melville/backyard-hens/"
}